MARLFIELD HOUSE Clonmel, County Tipperary | Ireland
MARLFIELD HOUSE A classical Georgian Mansion built in the Palladian style and enjoying a riverside position fronting onto the River Suir and stunning views over the surrounding verdant countryside, including the Comeragh Mountains and the Galtees to the A large and impressive reception hall leads to the principal reception exhibits many notable features which contribute to its architectural west. In all about 31 acres or 12.5 rooms and the stair hall. The south entire south elevation of the core significance. The blind niches to the quadrants and the façades hectares. central block is comprised with the dining room, drawing room of the pavilions, with their entablatures and urns, display direct and library. The drawing room incorporating a marvellous curved influences from Classical architecture, enlivening the appearance Marlfield House is a most attractive and imposing 18th century bow and each having large French doors to the south garden and of the building. The grandeur of the house is further enhanced by Georgian Mansion set on the banks of the river Suir and including a interconnecting doors, the library in turn connecting to the Orangery the related outbuildings, fernery, garden entrance and tunnel, all stretch with fishing rights and a lake within the village of Marlfield. to create a magnificent and impressive suite of reception rooms. contributing to the setting of the house. Marlfield represents a wonderful example of Irish architectural The Orangery or conservatory is hugely impressive and exotic excellence and significance with William Tinsley, one of Ireland’s with growing ferns, palms and vines. The basement benefits from Located just 10 minutes’ drive from the bustling town of Clonmel, finest architects, and Richard Turner, a highly regarded designer good ceiling height and is well lit from natural light along the south where good local amenities including, museums, theatres, shopping and manufacturer of Glass Houses or Orangeries, were both elevation. Original wine cellars and a tunnel linking to the stable and many sports clubs are provided. Golf and equestrian enthusiasts commissioned works on the house and wider estate. yard in the west pavilion block remain intact. The segmental-vaulted are well catered for with the Clonmel and Cahir golf courses and tunnel having marl voussoirs. three large equestrian centres within 20 minutes drive. Annual music Built by Col. John Bagwell, MP the central block was burnt circa and film festivals also contribute to Clonmel’s bustling atmosphere. 1923 and then rebuilt, by Senator John Bagwell, in 1925. The The bedroom accommodation on the first and second floors has been The town is also known internationally for being the home of the Bagwells were a wealthy and politically influential family in south altered from the original form to create a number of independent award winning Bulmers/Magners Cider. Tipperary from the 18th to the 20th centuries. The fire in January apartments but the divisions were created with stud partitioning 1923 was an arson attack by anti-Treaty IRA forces during the Irish and great care seems to have been taken to maintain the integrity There is mains electricity connected to the property. There is a Civil War, the house being targeted as John Bagwell was a Senator of ceiling cornices when divided. Subject to any necessary telephone line and broadband is available. Foul drainage is treated in in the new Irish Free State. Following the rebuilding Marlfield permission[s] the changes seems inherently reversible or adaptable, a private system. Oil fired central heating. remained in the family until the 1970s when the house and estate the generous number of bathrooms in the current form giving great lands were sold. Subsequently the first and second floors were scope for a myriad of layout configurations. When rebuilding the The fitted carpets are included in the sale. All furniture and light divided into apartments but the ground floor and basement remain house in 1925 a flat roof was installed behind the raised parapet’s fittings and any garden statues together with the chattels within the largely unchanged. The newer sub-divisions on the upper floors giving a marvellous viewing platform and accessed from a house are excluded from the freehold sale but may be available to a being in stud-partitions and seemingly reversible. permanent staircase. purchaser by separate negotiation.
The principal reception rooms retain their original form with Curving quadrants with round-headed recess opening link the Solicitor with sale conveyance John Joy, John M. Joy Solicitors, 38 generous proportions, high ceilings, large sliding sash windows, central house block to the flanking pavilions, the eastern pavilion O’Connell Street, Clonmel, County Tipperary. T: 052 6123338. decorative ceiling plaster work, carved architraves and Adams style originally comprising the kitchen block and the western one stabling. chimney pieces and a magnificent Richard Turner conservatory. Designed to the classical layout of Palladianism Marlfield House For Sale Freehold by Private Treaty MARLFIELD HOUSE CLONMEL COUNTY TIPPERARY
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In all approximately 31 acres / 12.5 hectares Study
Viewing Strictly by Appointment Wing Apartments
The core part of the mansion comprises some 22,604
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W A fine entrance splay, positioned in Marlfield village and flanked by lodges to either side, leads through wrought N iron gates onto the formal approach to Marlfield House.
16 km / 10 miles from Cahir [M8 Motorway access], 55 km / 34 miles west of Waterford and 80 km / 49 miles east of Limerick. Cork city 102 km / 63 miles, Kilkenny city 60 km / 37 miles, Limerick city 80 km / 49 miles
Cork airport 55 minutes driving, Shannon airport 1 hr 30 minutes driving, Dublin airport 2 hours driving, Waterford airport 1 hours driving, Cork ferry port 1 hr 11 minutes driving, Rosslare ferry port 1 hr 50 minutes driving
Eircode E91 Y398 [Property Specific Postcode]. GPS location 52.343043,-7.759331 (52°20’35.0”N 7°45’33.6”W)
(Measurements, timings and distances approximate)
David Ashmore T: +353 (0) 1 905 9790. M: +353 (0) 87 251 2909 Email: [email protected] Jon Thorpe Current layout illustrated above. Plans illustrating original arrangement of bedrooms also available. T: +353 (0) 1 905 9790. M: +353 (0) 86 174 3770 Email: [email protected]
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